EC Approves Pfizer’s HYMPAVZI™ (marstacimab) for Treatment of Adults and Adolescents with Severe Hemophilia
On Nov, 20, 2024, Pfizer announced that the European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorization for HYMPAVZI™ (marstacimab)…
Texas A&M Researchers Uncover Secrets Of Horse Genetics For Conservation, Breeding
On Nov. 20, 2024, a research collaboration between the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences…
Biotechnology | CDC | Diagnostics | Influenza | Life Science News | Vaccine
California Department of Public Health Reported Single, Possible Case of Bird Flu Virus in Child with Mild Symptoms
On Nov. 19, 2024, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) reported it has identified a possible bird…
California Reports First Known U.S. Case of Emerging Mpox Strain
On Nov. 16, 2024, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced it had identified through laboratory testing…
CDC warns of new E. coli outbreak linked to organic carrots
On Nov. 16, 2024, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and public health officials in…
UC Davis study shows how salmonella tricks gut defenses to cause infection
On Nov. 15, 2024, a University of California Davis Health (UC Davis Health) research team announced they had…
Biotechnology | CDC | Diagnostics | Influenza | Life Science News | USDA | Vaccine
Avian Influenza Confirmed In Backyard Flock of Birds
On Nov. 15, 2024, The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) received confirmation from the U.S. Department of Agriculture…
Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle Confirmed Fatal avian flu case
On Nov. 14, 2024, officials at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle announced that a red-breasted goose had…
U.S. Earned D+ Grade for Preterm Birth Rate in 2024 March of Dimes Report Card, Worst Grade in Report History
On Nov. 14, 2024, the March of Dimes released its 2024 Report Card, revealing the U.S. preterm birth…
FDA Approved First Gene Therapy for Treatment of Aromatic L-amino Acid Decarboxylase Deficiency
On Nov. 14, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved PTC Therapeutics’ Kebilidi (eladocagene exuparvovec-tneq), an adeno-associated…
nearly 260 million people in the U.S. predicted to have overweight or obesity by 2050
On Nov. 14, 2024, an analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study Collaborator Network warned of an…
FDA Investigation of E. coli outbreak from McDonald’s Onions
On Nov. 13, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control…
Urgent action needed as global diabetes cases increase four-fold over past decades
On Nov. 13, 2024, the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) with support from the World Health Organization (WHO)…
new Glioblastoma treatment attacks brain tumors from multiple angles
On Nov. 12, 2024, researchers from the University of Basel and University Hospital Basel announced they had developed…
single Genomic Test Can Diagnose Nearly Any Infection
On Nov. 12, 2024, researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) reported that their genomic test…
Paxlovid cuts COVID hospitalization, death risk and speeds symptom relief, studies find
On Nov. 11, 2024, findings from two studies have tied use of the antiviral drug nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (Paxlovid) to…
Researchers discovered unique genome folding in turtles
On Nov. 11, 2024, a team of researchers led by Iowa State University (ISU) have shown that as…
Vaccine doses allocated to African countries hardest hit by mpox surge
On Nov. 9, 2024, the World Health Organization announced that three additional countries had confirmed travel-related cases of…
First case of H5 avian influenza reported in B.C.
On Nov. 9, 2024, the BC Centre for Disease Control’s Public-Health Laboratory reported that an an individual in…
DNA analysis unveils new information about Pompeii victims
On Nov. 7, 2024, a team of scientists announced that DNA analysis of Pompeii victims who perished during…
How ecDNA Fuels Cancer by Breaking the Laws of Biology
On Nov. 6, 2024, a trio of new studies with funding from Cancer Grand Challenges revealed the unfair advantage…
Vaccine doses allocated to African countries hardest hit by mpox surge
On Nov. 6, 2024, the World Health Organization announced that the Access and Allocation Mechanism (AAM) for mpox…
Scientists track emergence of novel H5N1 flu reassortant in Cambodia
On Nov. 6, 2024, researchers from the Pasteur Institute in Cambodia published a detailed genetic analysis of the…
Recent COVID-19 vaccination tied to lower risk of long COVID
On Nov. 6, 2024, data from the VENUS (Vaccine Effectiveness, Networking, and Universal Safety) study in Japan revealed…
Nasal Swab Tests Predict COVID-19 Disease Severity, Study Finds
On Nov. 6, 2024, researchers from Emory University, in collaboration with scientists at Gladstone Institutes and University of…
Alzheimer’s and alcohol use disorder share similar gene expression patterns
On Nov. 5, 2024, Scripps research scientists reported they have shown that Alzheimer’s and alcohol use disorder (AUD)…
Global Disparities of Cancer Projected to increase by 2050
On Nov. 5, 2024, a cross-sectional study of data for 36 cancer types from 185 countries and territories…
Agriculture | Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Environmental | EPA | FDA | Infectious Disease | Life Science News
FDA and EPA Announced First Registered Pre-Harvest Agricultural Water Treatment
On Nov. 4, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency…
Artificial Intelligence | Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Genomics | Infectious Disease | Life Science News | Therapeutics | Vaccine
UW–Madison researchers find persistent problems with AI-assisted genomic studies
On Nov. 4, 2024, a team of University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers warned that artificial intelligence tools gaining popularity…
Study revealed stubborn mistrust in COVID-19 vaccine science
On Nov. 4, 2024, a study conducted by researchers from the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and…